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PROGRAMME  OF  COURSES  IN 
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OFFICERS  OF  INSTRUCTION: 

HERMANN  EDOUARD  von  HOLST,  Ph.  D., 

Head  Professor  of  History . 

HARRY  PRATT  JUDSON,  A.  M., 

Professor  of  Constitutional  History  and  Politics. 

Professor  of  English  History. 

GEORGE  S.  GOODSPEED,  B.  D.,  Ph.  D., 

Associate  Professor  of  Ancient  History  and  of  the  History 
of  Religions. 

FERDINAND  SCHWILL,  A.  B., 

Assistant  in  History. 

F.  W.  SITEPARDSON,  A.  B., 

Docent  in  History. 


T.  J.  LAWRENCE,  A.  M.,  LL.  M., 

Processor  of  History  and  International  Law  in  the  Uni- 
versity Extension  Division. 

OLIVER  J.  THATCHER,  A.  B., 

Instructor  in  History  in  the  University  Extension  Division. 


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INTRODUCTORY. 


The  courses  in  History  are  so  planned  as  to  enable  the  student  to  gain  a 
somewhat  definite  knowledge  of  each  great  field  of  the  world’s  progress. 

The  training  is  intended  to  give  power  of  investigation  and  the  inde- 
pendent judgment  that  marks  the  scholar.  To  that  end,  while  of  course 
there  is  considerable  flexibility  of  gradation,  yet  in  general  as  the  student 
advances  there  is  more  and  more  done  by  him  and  less  and  less  for  him. 
The  courses  are  grouped  so  as  to  begin  with  quite  elementary  study,  in  the 
Academic  College,  and,  continuing  progressively  through  the  advanced 
work  of  the  University  College,  end  in  the  individual  research  of  the 
graduate  courses  and  seminary. 

As  a rule,  each  course  is  related  quite  directly  to  some  other  course  in 
History,  or  to  the  work  of  other  departments.  And  in  making  elections 
the  student  may  thus  have  always  a specific  reason  for  choice. 

FELLOWSHIPS. 

To  encourage  original  work,  at  least  four  fellowships  will  be  assigned 
in  the  Department  of  History  for  the  year  1892-3.  Appointments  will  be 
made  only  for  proved  scholarship  of  a high  character,  and  ability  to  pursue 
investigation  with  success. 

PUBLICATION. 

A series  of  studies,  representing  the  original  work  of  the  department, 
will  be  published  from  time  to  time  during  the  year. 

FRENCH  OR  GERMAN. 

A knowledge  of  French  or  German  will  be  desirable  for  most  courses 
in  the  University  College,  and  will  be  required  for  work  in  the  Graduate 
School. 

SEQUENCE  OF  COURSES. 

While  the  various  courses,  especially  in  the  University  College,  are 
arranged  generally  in  chronological  sequence,  it  is  by  no  means  necessary 
that  students  take  them  in  that  order.  It  is  often  better,  indeed,  to  study  a 
later  epoch  before  tracing  the  events  that  made  it  what  it  is. 


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I.  GROUPING  OF  COURSES. 


1.  The  various  courses  in  History,  with  reference  to  their  gradey  fall 
into  three  groups: 

A.  Preliminary. 

B.  Advanced. 

C.  Graduate. 

2.  The  jrelhninary  courses  are  intended  to  supply  the  knowledge 
necessary  to  pursue  with  profit  the  advanced  courses  in  modern  history. 
The  preliminary  courses  are  all  minors , and  are  regularly  open  to  students 
in  the  Academic  College.  Students  in  the  University  College  not  having 
had  this  work  or  its  equivalent,  will  need  to  take  it  before  beginning  the 
several  advanced  Modern  History  courses.  Any  student,  however,  who 
has  had  a good  preparation  in  general  History,  or  in  the  History  of  the 
United  States,  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  head  of  the  department,  omit 
the  equivalent  preliminary  courses.  Courses  3 and  5 will,  in  general,  not 
be  omitted. 

3.  The  advanced  and  graduate  courses  differ  in  subject  and  method. 

4.  In  the  advanced  courses,  the  subjects  will  be:  primarily,  Nations  and 
Epochs;  secondarily,  Institutions.  The  method , of  course,  will  vary  with 
circumstances,  but  in  general  will  include  progressively  more  and  more  of 
research,  culminating  in  the  research  courses,  which  are  directly  tributary 
to  the  graduate  work. 

The  advanced  courses  are  regularly  open  to  students  of  the  University 
College.  All  graduate  students,  however,  may  take  the  exercises  of  the 
advanced  courses  corresponding  to  their  special  work;  and  the  second 
group  of  advanced  courses  is  open  indifferently  to  students  of  the  Univer- 
sity College  or  of  the  Graduate  School.  Also,  students  in  the  Academic 
College  who  have  given  satisfactory  evidence  of  having  done  the  equivalent 
of  the  preliminary  courses,  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  deans  of  the 
colleges  concerned,  and  of  the  head  of  the  department,  take  suitable 
advanced  courses. 

5.  In  the  graduate  courses,  the  subjects  will  be:  primarily,  Institutions; 
and  secondarily,  Nations  and  Epochs.  The  method  will  be  mainly  indi- 
vidual research.  The  various  seminaries  will  be  especially  devoted  to  train- 
ing in  method. 

The  graduate  courses  are  regularly  open  to  students  of  the  Graduate 
School.  In  some  cases,  undergraduates  having  had  a sufficient  number  of 
advanced  courses,  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  head  of  the  department, 
and  of  the  deans  of  the  colleges  concerned,  take  such  graduate  courses  as 
may  seem  advisable. 

6.  In  estimating  work  for  a degree,  any  course  will  usually  be  credited 
only  in  the  school  or  college  in  which  it  is  regularly  given. 


II.  LIST  OF  COURSES. 

[Courses  marked  with  an  asterisk  will  not  be  given  in  1892-3.] 
GROUP  A. 

PRELIMINARY  COURSES — ACADEMIC  COLLEGE. 

(All  Minors.) 

1.  The  Dark  Ages  in  Europe. 

From  the  fifth  century,  A.  D.,  to  the  tenth. 

2.  The  Feudal  Ages  in  Europe. 

From  the  ninth  century,  A.  D.,  to  the  fifteenth. 

3.  Mediaeval  Institutions. 

What  are  commonly  called  the  “Middle  Ages”  form  the  period  of 
transition  from  the  civilization  of  Greece  and  Rome  to  modern  life.  It  is 
in  this  transition  period  that  we  find  the  sources  of  what  exists  in  our  own 
time.  So  a general  view  of  the  forces  in  operation  and  the  form  that 
institutions  assumed  in  the  Middle  Ages,  is  made  the  basis  of  the  advanced 
courses  in  Group  B in  Modern  History. 

4.  Outline  View  of  the  History  of  Modern  Europe. 

5.  Modern  Political  Institutions. 

6.  Outline  View  of  the  History  of  the  United  States. 

A general  view  of  the  era  covered  in  detail  by  the  courses  of 
Group  B,  in  Modern  History,  and  an  elementary  familiarity  with  the  form 
that  political  institutions  have  now  assumed,  are  also  helpful  as  a prepara- 
tion for  advanced  study. 


REMARKS. 

a.  Courses  1-5,  are  introductory  to  11-17,  and  18-20. 

b.  Courses  5 and  6,  are  introductory  to  21-25. 

c.  As  the  main  object  of  these  preliminary  courses  is  to  acquire  a cer- 
tain amount  of  knowledge  as  rapidly  as  is  practicable,  the  instruction  will 
be  largely  by  lectures,  with  assigned  readings,  informal  discussion  and 
occasional  test  examinations. 


GROUP  B. 

ADVANCED  COURSES. 

I.  Primarily  for  Undergraduates — University  College. 

7-11.  Antiquity. 

7.  The  General  History  of  Antiquity  to  the  Persian  Empire. 

Double  Minor,  5-hrs.  a week. 
Associate  Professor  Goodspeed. 

8.  Greek  History  (from  600  to  300  B.  C.) 

Minor,  5 hrs.  a week. 
Mr.  Schwill. 


*9.  The  Rise  and  Decadence  of  the  Roman  Republic. 

Double  Minor,  5 hrs.  a week. 

Mr.- 

10.  The  Fall  of  the  Roman  Republic  and  the  Development  of  the 

Empire.  Double  Minor,  5 hrs.  a week. 

Mr.  Schwill. 

Courses  8-10  are  open  to  students  of  the  Academic  College.  It  is 
intended  in  these  courses  to  analyze  the  Greek  and  Roman  political  sys- 
tems, and  to  trace  their  unfolding  to  the  time  of  the  Teutonic  migration. 
The  work  will  be  topical.  No  text  book  will  be  used,  but  students  will  be 
expected  to  have  one  or  more  specified  works,  and  assigned  reading  in  the 
library  will  supplement  them.  Informal  lectures  and  discussions,  and  re- 
ports by  students  on  special  topics,  wfill  be  the  general  method  of  work. 

11-17.  Modern  Europe  in  General. 

Professor  

11.  The  Renaissance  in  Western  Europe.  Major,  10  hrs.  a week. 

12.  The  Protestant  Revolution.  Major,  10  hrs.  a week. 

*13.  The  Thirty  Years’  War,  Major,  10  hrs.  a week. 

*14.  The  Age  of  Louis  XIV.  Major,  10  hrs.  a week. 

These  connected  courses  give  a somewhat  detailed  study  of  the 
development  of  European  institutions  from  the  end  of  the  Middle  Ages  to 
the  early  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  Courses  1-5  are  introduc- 
tory to  them.  Students  making  Modern  History  a main  study  will  take  all. 
Other  are  advised  to  take  at  least  two  of  these  four,  in  addition  to  the  pre- 
liminary courses,  before  15-17. 

The  work  will  be  topical.  While  no  text  book  will  be  used,  stu- 
dents will  be  expected  to  have  one  or  more  specified  works,  and  the  library 
will  be  employed  largely.  Informal  lectures  and  discussions,  and  reports 
by  students  on  assigned  topics,  will  be  the  general  method.  While  it  is 
sought  to  get  a broad  and  philosophical  view  of  the  social  and  political  evo- 
lution of  Europe  in  the  important  period  covered,  the  main  object  is  to  lead 
the  student  to  habits  of  independent  study  and  thought,  to  comparison  of 
views,  and  to  research.  A thesis  or  review  will  be  required  in  each  course. 

15-17.  The  Political  History  of  Europe  since  1815. 

Three  Minors,  5 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  Judson. 

15.  The  Great  Central  States. 

16.  England,  Russia  and  the  Balkan  Peninsula. 

17.  Greater  Europe  (European  Possessions  and  Interests  out  of 

Europe). 

It  is  the  object  of  this  course  to  give  a connected  view  of  the  trend 
of  general  European  politics  from  the  Congress  of  Vienna  to  the  present 
time.  The  settlement  of  1815  is  made  the  starting  point,  the  period  from 
1815  to  1848  is  passed  over  rather  lightly,  and  the  reconstruction  of  Europe 
since  that  year  is  studied  in  some  detail.  Particular  attention  is  given  to 
the  analysis  of  constitutions. 


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Students  are  advised  to  have  Midler  and  the  last  two  volumes  of  Fyffe. 
The  work  will  be  topical,  and  mainly  in  the  library.  Much  will  be  done 
with  periodicals,  and  with  the  annual  cyclopedias,  the  year  books,  and  the 
like.  The  present  condition  of  politics  will  be  made  clear,  and  the  main 
questions  of  present  general  interest  will  be  studied  with  care. 

A thesis  or  review  will  be  required  each  term. 

18-20.  England. 

18.  Roman  and  Saxon  England.  Minor,  5 hrs.  a week. 

Professor . 

19.  England  from  the  Norman  Conquest  to  the  Renaissance. 

Major,  10  hrs.  a week. 
Professor . 

20.  The  English  Revolutions  in  the  Sixteenth  and  Seventeenth 

Centuries.  Major,  10  hrs.  a week. 

Professor . 

Course  18  will  be  especially  useful  to  students  of  Old  English  lan- 
guage and  literature. 

Courses  19  and  20  are  of  special  importance  to  students  of  American 
History.  The  stress  will  be  laid  on  the  development  of  the  English  consti- 
tution, and  on  social  evolution.  The  economic  history  of  the  fourteenth, 
fifteenth  and  sixteenth  centuries,  and  the  rise  and  growth  of  the  house 
.of  commons  and  of  cabinet  government,  with  the  great  statutes  and  docu- 
ments, from  magna  charta  to  the  bill  of  rights,  will  be  studied  in  detail. 
The  method  of  work  will  in  general  be  as  in  Courses  11-14. 

21-25.  America. 

21.  The  Discovery  and  Settlement  of  America. 

Minor,  5 hrs.  a week. 


A study  of  the  commercial  and  political  conditions  in  Europe  that  led 
to  the  voyages  of  discovery;  the  early  explorers ; the  first  settlements  by 
Europeans  on  American  soil. 

22.  European  Colonies  in  North  America. 

Double  Minor,  5 hrs.  a week. 


The  conditions  in  Europe  that  led  to  extensive  colonization.  The 
struggle  among  European  powers  for  the  possession  of  America.  Develop- 
ment of  the  colonies. 

23,  21.  The  Political  and  Constitutional  History  of  the  United  States, 
from  the  Formation  of  the  Confederation  to  the  War  of 
Secession.  Two  Double  Minors,  5 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  Judson. 

This  course  will  trace  the  history  of  American  politics  and  govern- 
ment, from  the  attempt  to  form  a union  to  the  attempt  to  destroy  it.  The 
method  will  be  by  informal  lectures,  topical  investigation  and  reports  by 
students,  free  discussion,  and  a thesis  or  review  each  quarter. 


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Course  23  will  consider  the  confederation  and  its  working,  the  consti- 
tutional convention  and  the  constitution,  the  organization  of  national 
government  by  the  Federalists,  and  its  conduct  by  that  party  until  the 
political  revolution  of  1801. 

Course  24  will  trace  the  administration  of  affairs  by  the  party  of 
Jefferson  to  the  treaty  of  Ghent,  the  reconstruction  of  parties,  the  economic 
questions  dividing  the  parties  of  Clay  and  Jackson,  the  slavery  question  to 
the  secession  of  the  cotton  states  in  1860-1. 

After  1892-3,  Courses  23-24  will  be  open  only  to  students  having 
taken  at  least  four  advanced  minors  in  English  or  American  History 
(Courses  18-22). 

25.  The  Latin-American  Republics.  Minor,  5 hrs.  a week 

A study  of  the  development  of  free  institutions  in  Mexico,  Central 
America  and  South  America.  A knowledge  of  Spanish  will  be  desirable, 
but  not  essential,  for  this  course. 

II.  For  Undergraduates  and  Graduates. 

(All  Minors.) 

A few  courses  in  the  history  of  institutions  are  offered  in  the  University 
College.  They  are,  as  a rule,  open  only  to  students  having  had  not  less 
than  three  advanced  major  courses  in  History,  or  their  equivalent  in  minors. 
Students  intending  to  do  graduate  work  are  advised  to  take  at  least  two 
courses  in  institutions.  These  courses  are  all  open  to  graduate  students. 

26.  The  Constitutional  History  of  England  to  1714. 

Double  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Professor . 

This  course  is  designed  for  students  having  a good  knowledge  of  gen- 
eral English  History,  and  will  treat  simply  of  the  development  of  govern- 
ment and  of  the  settlement  of  constitutional  principles.  The  method  will 
be  similar  to  that  of  Courses  11-14. 

27.  International  Law.  Double  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  Lawrence. 

28.  Political  Philosophy.  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  Lawrence. 

29.  Presidential  Elections  in  the  United  States.  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Mr.  Shepardson. 

30.  Territorial  Growth  of  the  United  States.  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Mr.  Shepardson. 

*31.  Military  Science  of  the  Romans.  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  Judson. 

32.  The  Rise  of  Commerce  in  the  Middle  Ages.  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Mr.  Thatcher. 

Course  32  is  a study  of  the  causes  and  conditions  of  the  commercial 
development  of  Europe  from  the  eleventh  century  to  the  fifteenth. 

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RESEARCH. 


The  research  courses  will  be  open  to  students  of  the  University  Col- 
lege who  receive  permission,  and  to  graduate  students.  These  courses  are 
preparatory  to  that  of  the  historical  seminary  in  the  Graduate  School,  and 
are  designed  to  give  students  preliminary  training  in  methods  of  investiga- 
tion. But  one  course  is  offered  for  1892-3. 

33.  Preparatory  Seminary — Selected  Topics  in  the  History  of  the  United 
States.  Three  Double  Minors,  2 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  von  Holst. 


GROUP  C. 

GRADUATE  COURSES. 

Primarily  for  Graduates. 

34.  American  Constitutional  Law.  Double  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  Judson. 

Selected  cases,  with  discussion  of  main  principles  settled.  The  work 
will  be  in  the  way  of  informal  conference,  with  individual  s,tudy  of  special 
subjects. 

35,  36.  Comparative  Politics.  Two  Double  Minors,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  Judson. 

A comparative  study  of  the  development  of  local  and  state  govern- 
ment in  the  United  States,  and  of  the  national  government  under  the  con- 
stitution, together  with  some  distinctive  European  constitutions.  Each 
student  will  have  a special  subject  for  research,  besides  the  general  subject 
which  all  will  study  together.  This  will  be  virtually  seminary  work. 

37.  English  Constitutional  Law.  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Professor . 

Discussion  of  main  principles  settled  in  the  eighteenth  and  nineteenth 
centuries. 

*38.  American  Archaeology.  Double  Minor,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Mr. . 

39-49.  Institutions  of  the  Ancient  Orient.  All  Minors,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Associate  Professor  Goodspeed. 

39.  Early  Historical  Religions.  Double  Minor. 

40.  Introduction  to  the  History  of  Religions. 

*41.  Babylonian  Religious  Texts. 

42.  Egyptian  Religious  Texts. 

43.  The  Vedas. 

44.  Studies  in  Assyrian  Historical  Texts. 

*45.  Studies  in  Egyptian  Historical  Texts. 

46.  The  Avesta. 

47.  The  Sacred  Books  of  China.  Double  Minor. 

48.  Geography  in  Its  Relation  to  Ancient  History. 

49.  Social  Life  of  the  Ancient  East. 


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50-52.  Ancient  Nations. 


All  Minors,  4 hrs.  a week. 
Associate  Professor  Goodspeed. 

50.  Beginnings  of  History  in  Babylonia. 

51.  Beginnings  of  History  in  Egypt. 

52.  History  of  Ancient  India. 

53-55.  The  French  Revolution  and  the  Era  of  Napoleon. 

Three  Double  Minors,  4 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  von  Holst. 

53.  The  French  Revolution. 

54.  The  Ascendency  of  Napoleon. 

55..?  The  Overthrow  of  Napoleon. 

Courses  53-55  are  open  to  all  students  of  the  University  College  and 
of  the  Graduate  School,  who  may  be  interested  in  the  subject,  on  the  sole 
condition  of  regular  attendance.  The  examinations  at  the  end  of  the  sev- 
eral terms  will  include  only  students  registered  for  the  courses. 

The  subject  will  be  treated  in  lectures.  Nothing  will  be  prescribed  as 
to  the  manner  in  which  the  student  may  retain  the  knowledge  imparted, 
but  all  wdll  be  left  free  to  follow  their  own  devices.  The  advice  of  the  pro- 
fessor will  ever  be  at  the  service  of  the  students,  but  it  will  be  given  with  a 
view  to  rendering  them  independent,  so  that  they  may  become  able  to  find 
their  way  without  help. 

As  the  topic  of  each  quarter  is  a unit  by  itself,  it  will  be  seen  that  it  is 
not  necessary  for  a student  to  take  the  lectures  for  the  entire  three  quarters. 

RESEARCH. 

56.  Seminary.  Topics  in  American  History.  Six  Minors,  2 hrs.  a week. 

Professor  von  Holst. 

In  this  seminary  some  historical  problem  will  be  studied  conjointly. 
Besides,  every  student  is  to  work  out  some  special  thesis,  which  may 
be  connected  with  the  main  study,  though  that  is  not  necessary.  The 
selection  of  these  special  theses  will  largely  be  left  to  the  students  them- 
selves, and  the  time  allowed  for  the  work  will  depend  on  the  nature  of  the 
case. 

The  seminary  is  to  serve  a double  purpose.  The  immediate  and  main 
object  is  for  the  student  to  learn  now  to  use  original  sources.  At  the  same 
time  his  knowledge  is  to  be  enlarged,  deepened  and  rectified. 

III.  CHOICE  OF  COURSES. 

In  electing  courses  in  History,  the  student  will  usually  have  one  of 
three  objects,  and  choice  should  be  governed  accordingly: 

1.  General  knowledge,  such  as  any  liberal  education  should  include. 

With  this  object,  the  student  will  take  the  courses  in  Group  A,  which 
will  then  naturally  be  supplemented  by  perhaps  two  or  three  major  courses, 
or  their  equivalent,  in  Group  B. 


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2.  Special  knowledge,  as  bearing  on  some  other  subject;  e.  g.,  general 
English  History,  by  way  of  introduction  to  English  literature. 

With  this  object,  the  student  should  select  suitable  courses  in  consulta- 
tion with  the  instructor  in  the  main  subject. 

3.  Thorough  knowledge  of  some  considerable  field  of  History,  and 
training  in  historical  method. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  various  fields  of  History  are  covered  by 
courses  mutually  correlated,  and  which,  taken  together,  give  a comprehen- 
sive view  of  the  subject.  For  instance,  the  several  courses  in  the  History 
of  Antiquity,  and  of  Religions,  supplement  one  another,  and  form  a full 
and  well-rounded  discussion  of  the  entire  history  and  religion  of  th»p  Ancient 
Orient. 

With  this  object,  then,  the  student  will  follow  a definite  line  of  study 
carefully  adjusted  with  reference  to  work  in  other  departments.  The  his- 
tory of  institutions  and  the  research  courses  will  be  especially  important. 


While  the  chronological  order  of  courses  in  any  given  field  is  the 
natural  one,  yet  such  order  is  not  always  essential. 


IV.  HISTORICAL  WORK  IN  OTHER 
DEPARTMENTS. 

Attention  is  called  to  courses  of  a historical  nature  in  some  other 
departments. 

The  History  of  English  Literature  will  be  treated  in  the  department  of 
English. 

The  History  of  Modern  Religions,  in  the  Divinity  School. 

Courses  2,  5,  12  and  13,  in  Political  Economy  treat  of  various  phases  of 
economic  history. 


Note. — A more  detailed  programme,  with  a full  description  of  courses 
will  be  published  in  the  autumn. 


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